Book-cover



NITED STATES .wEORGE IV. SUES, OF

OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

BOOK-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,236, dated February2, 1897.

Application filed March 23, 1896.

To all whom it max/1 concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE \V. SUES, residing at Omaha, in the county ofDouglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain useful Improvementsin Book-Covers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

This invention has relation to a novel improvement in covers for booksand pamphlets.

The object of my invention is to provide a book, pamphlet, or magazinecover that shall serve a double purpose, as will be described more fullyhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a front view of acover-blank as is used in my invention. Fig. 2 shows a front view of acover as ordinarily constructed. Fig. 3 shows an end view of a bookprovided with my improved cover. Fig. 4 shows a side elevation of a bookabout to be provided with my improved cover. Fig. 5 shows a series of myimproved covers as laid out and pasted to receive the book. Fig. 6 showsa perspective view of one of my endless covers as finished and shownindependent of the book to which it is to be connected. Fig. 7 shows aside elevation of a simple holder I use in holding the books when theyare to receive a cover, while Fig. 8 shows an end view thereof.

My invention comprises, essentially, an endless leaf of flexiblematerial, such as paper, fabrics, parchment, pulpboard, and the like,which completely surrounds the book to which it is secured, and whichcover must be severed before the book can be opened. By this means Iprovide a cover admirably adapted as a mailing-jacket, and I furtherstrengthen the book at its weakest point, the back, without materiallyincreasing the cost of the same.

In the art it is usual in providing a cover to divide the same intothree divisions, which when the outer page of the cover is printedbegins with the outer last page of the cover, then being followed by theback proper of the cover, and ending in the outer front cover,

as is shown in Fig. 2, wherein D, O, and B $erial No. 584,534. (Nomodel.)

represent the three divisions referred to. To secure such a cover to abook, the back of the book or the inner side of the cover 0, orboth,are'pasted when the cover is secured in connecting the same to the backof the book.

In my invention. I change the printers forms in reversing them, in thatthe front outer page of the cover is made to appear first on theimpression and the last outer page of the coverappearing last, which isan exact reversal of the usual method. In my method the part serving asthe back of the book does not appear between the two pages, as in theusual method, but follows the last page. In referring to Fig. 1 an openleaf such as I employ is shown before it is made into an endless cover,the leaf in this view, however, being shown extended and comprising thesection A, which forms an inner back, the first page B, the intermediateportion O, which is always of a width corresponding to the thickness ofthe book to be covered, followed by the last cover D and ending in theout-er back E.

It will be noticed that the backs A and E are subdivided into theportions 1 4, respectively. This is desirable, in that the hinge portionof the two covers is given a double thickness, as is shown in Fig. 3.The portions 2, O, and 3 are of a width equal to the thickness of thebook, while the divisions B and D are of a width corresponding to thewidth of the page, the whole leaf being of a width suited to that of thebook to be covered. In attaching my cover one or two operations may bemade of it. In the first I spread the covers as if a series of wrapperswere to be pasted, as is shown in Fig. 5, and in which instance all theinner faces E, which represent the backs of the portions E, are pasted.Then I dip the book to be provided with my cover into a shallowglue-bath or other adhesive composition, so as to moisten the back ofthe book, as well as the narrow portion 5 on each side, as is shown inFig. 4, which distance represents, approximately, the length of thedistance 1 and 4 and promptly forces the back 5 of the pamphletF uponthe inner back A, which represents the rear side of the division A, sothat this portion A sticks to the back of the pamphlet, the pamphletthen being turned so that the covers wind about the same until thepasted end E rides'upon the pasted end A when the outer back issmoothed, the book with a proper address then being ready to be mailed.By this means an endless cover is provided which prevents the book beingperused until the strip 0 is severed, which is preferably done in thecenter of the same upon the line 00 or. After the book is open a coveris provided which has a double back, and the hinge portion of the coveris also double. The only additional eX- pense added to the cover is thecost of the extra paper, comprising the end portions A and E and thecost of the adhesive composition necessary to cover one of these strips.The book when provided with my cover packs easily, can be nicelyshelved, the pages are kept clean until the book is to be perused, thecost of an envelop or wrapper is saved, the neatness of the book isincreased, while the life of the same is extended in being provided witha double back and a double hinge for the outer leaves.

If desired, the endless cover may be first made over a dummy the size ofthe book to be covered to form my endless cover, as is shown in Fig. 6,requiring in this instance but one pasting, that necessary in securingthe outer back E to the inner A, as is shown in Fig. 6. The periodical,book, or pamphlet to be covered is then doubled and placed within the.holder 11, preferably of sheet metal, as is shown in Figs. 8 and 9, sothat the back of the book extends upward, so that the adhesivecomposition can be readily applied to the back 5. The cover is thenformed, ap-

proximately, into an oval and carried over the holder H, so that theback E comes squarely over the back 5 when the double-back cover issecurely pasted to the book, which in being withdrawn from the holderreadily adjusts itself within the endless cover.

If desired, of course the back F can be carried into the endless cover,when the whole can be bowed, so that, if desired, the back can bestitched to the periodical. So, also, could but one back be provided,half of the strip A and half of the strip E being made to form a sideportion, though no advantage is to be gained in this.

Then a book is to be doubly protected, these endless covers may be usedin pairs of two or even more, in which case the outer cover, which is toserve as a mailing-wrapper, has its double back pasted against theportion 0 of the back proper, from which, after the cover is severed,the wrapper can be readily removed.

Now, having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is-- 1. Thecombination with a book, of an endless cover comprising a back adaptedto lap over the back of the book then continuing to form an outer covercontinuing to form a central strip of a width corresponding to thethickness of the book, then extending to form the second cover of thebook, then extending to form a double outer back adapted to lap over sothat the cover will embody a double back and provide a double thicknessat the hinge-points of the covers substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. The combination with a book of a cover, the said cover having itsends united and overlapped to form an open-ended continuous cover, saidcover being secured at or near its overlapped portions to the back ofsaid book, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. SUES. \Vitnesses:

O. L. THOMAS, A. ELKJER.

